I've only ever had steel road bikes. A Bianchi Veloce from 95 which developed a huge separation in the headtube lug. It took me a few months to figure out why I couldn't ride the bike no hands. Yikes. Bianchi replaced that frame with another and on that frame the FD braze on broke right as I was coming of the GG Bridge. That time I almost went down hard but somehow recovered. With that I was through with Bianchi and moved on to a Lemond Zurich which was fine but was replaced with the Rambouillet last year. You'd think I would be done with steel but I don't see myself fairing any better with carbon or aluminum (yuck). A titanium bike would be nice but definitely out of my price range now. My Rambouillet will get fixed and I'll be back on it at some point. I imagine early next year.
As for the break and it's cause... I don't know. I was reading up on this and came across a thread on the Road Bike Review forums where someone broke a Soma in a similar manner which was attributed to a poor casting of the drop-out lug (is that what it would be called?). Again, what I'm impressed with was that I once it was "fixed" I was able to ride home without problems and that the bike still shifted smoothly. Oh, and as I said, I was impressed with Grant's response. --mike On Nov 23, 7:40 pm, CycloFiend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 11/23/08 6:57 PM, Mike at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > James, all good points. I've already received an email back from Grant > > and they'll get it fixed which is fine. The benefits of steel. I > > imagine that once the frame is fixed they'll need to repaint the whole > > frame. I sure hope so cause I'd love to get it repainted orange like > > the original Rambouillets. I wouldn't even care so much about the > > cream details but I'd also be fine with them. We'll see what happens. > > I was impressed and pleased with Grant's prompt response. I'll have to > > break the bike down and get it sent to them but that shouldn't be such > > a big deal. I've got the box they sent me my AHH in here ready to go. > > > I'm bummed I'll be without for a few weeks. In spite of the new AHH > > that I have I think the Ram is my favorite. > > Life's good when your spare for your Riv is a Riv... ;^) > > Sorry to hear about your break. I had a very similar break on a dropout > which Ed Litton was able to rebraze. He just resprayed the dropouts (which > were largely missing paint from years of clamping QR's.) > > Might be more problematic on yours given the more complete separation and > position. > > But, you're in good hands, it sounds. > > I'm with Gino, too - heckuva polite material, is steel. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. > They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a > desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a > one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
